Hi folks. I recently went to an auction notorious for its (shabby) merchandise. Imagine my surprise when I saw Carver equipment, which I bid on, and won. I got home and had bought the following: Carver M-1.5t Amp, Carver DTL-100 CD Deck, Carver TX-11 Tuner, Onkyo TA-630D Cassette Deck, and an AD (Audio Dynamics) 1700DD Quartz Direct Drive Turntable. All these pieces were in their original boxes;, all had the original manuals; and all were in original unopened plastic bag. My winning bid was $150.00 (US). I'm now looking for a Carver Pre-amp, and a reel-to-reel tape deck.
I never would have been able to afford Carver until that sale. I've owned a lot of nice stereos in my time, but Carver was always a dream. Now I'm here...![/b]

yes, Ive been busy as hell on ebay bidding on both the C-1 and C-2 pre-amps, no luck so far, but I'll keep trying. And yes, that was a helluva score. Under no other circumstances would I have been able to come into such fine equipment.

I had a couple C-1's. Had a C-2 but gave it to my brother-in-law, along with an M1.0t power and TX-10 tuner. Also had another M1.0t but was not really impressed with that amp so I sold it. Had a TL-3300 cd player, a C-9 Hologram Generator, and the stand alone Digital Time Lens but sold those too. My first Carver piece was a Receiver 150 that I bought around 1988. Then I bought an M1.5t but traded it back to Carver for the M4.0t.

either of those pre-amps for sale? Be a shame to hook anything BUT a Carver pre-amp to this set. I also run a Pioneer SG-9800 12-band/channel EQ and a Optonica RP-3636 turntable, as well as the ADC 1700DD.